July 25, 2013 - Today Meyer Burger Technology announced the signing of a new contract as preferred supplier with Sunsolar Energy to deliver the very first automated, integrated module line in the United Kingdom for the production of solar modules for the UK market. The module line includes lamination, cell connection, handling, performance testing and fast-track certification technologies as well as customer training and support services. With a start-up annual production capacity of 35MW, the module line can be expanded up to a production capacity of 75MW with plans by the customer for further expansion in the coming years. The manufacturing equipment is scheduled to be delivered by the end of September 2013 and the customer plans to begin production in November 2013.
Meyer Burger also announced today that it has signed a contract with Gigastorage, an existing customer in Taiwan, for the delivery of slurry based wire saws from both current and second hand stock. The machines, which support the customer's planned production expansion, will achieve an annual output of approximately 200MW. Full delivery is also scheduled for completion by the end of September 2013.
